Physical layer security of underlay cognitive radio using maximal ratio combining

Hui Zhao, Dan yang Wang, Chao qing Tang, Ya ping Liu, Gao feng Pan*, Ting ting Li, Yun fei Chen

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Abstract

We investigate the secrecy outage performance of maximal ratio combining (MRC) in cognitive radio networks over Rayleigh fading channels. In a single-input multiple-output wiretap system, we consider a secondary user (SU-TX) that transmits confidential messages to another secondary user (SU-RX) equipped with M (M ≥ 1) antennas where the MRC technique is adopted to improve its received signal-to-noise ratio. Meanwhile, an eavesdropper equipped with N (N ≥ 1) antennas adopts the MRC scheme to overhear the information between SU-TX and SU-RX. SU-TX adopts the underlay strategy to guarantee the service quality of the primary user without spectrum sensing. We derive the closed-form expressions for an exact and asymptotic secrecy outage probability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)929-937
Number of pages9
JournalFrontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering
Volume17
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cognitive radio networks
  • Maximal ratio combining
  • Secrecy outage probability
  • Single-input multiple-output

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